Today, 99 per cent of Fortune 500 companies are using iOS on their networks. Our powerful hardware and secure, versatile platform create the best environment to build customised apps for your company. And you can find over 230,000 iOS business apps on the App Store — more than any other mobile platform.
Apple software is powerful and intuitive. Our devices are built to be secure and can be easily deployed to your entire company. And everything we make works together seamlessly, giving you a unique mobile experience that delivers the content you need when you need it most.
Apple products are intuitive and easy to use, which means they’re also easy for your business to support. Our interface allows employees to use familiar actions like swiping, scrolling and tapping to collaborate, stay organised and adapt to new programs and procedures more quickly. And each device comes with powerful assistive features for vision, hearing and motor skills, so they’re accessible for everyone.
We don’t just make great software; it’s integrated with the most powerful hardware for business. The built-in camera in iPhone and iPad lets you scan inventory and collaborate across oceans. With Apple Pencil and iPad Pro, you can annotate and sketch ideas in creative new ways. Location technologies like iBeacon show you when meeting rooms are available. And the vivid Retina display makes any task beautiful.
Just as we design our products to be simple, intuitive and capable, we design them to be secure. iOS and macOS are built on a UNIX foundation, making them both stable and robust. We encrypt data with file-level protection and encryption keys derived from the user’s unique passcode. Regular software updates protect iOS and macOS from emerging security threats. And we have safeguards in place to ensure that both third-party and in-house apps can only access data in authorised ways.
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It’s easy to deploy and manage Apple devices, even at the largest scale. Every iPhone, iPad and Mac can be set up and configured automatically — eliminating the need for your IT department to handle each device individually. IT can also push out apps directly to devices, and employees can personalise company-owned Apple devices by adding their own apps.
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All Apple devices are instantly familiar, come with many of the same built-in features and apps, and work together to help you be more efficient. You can start a work project on iPad or iPhone and finish it on Mac. With AirPlay, you can instantly stream presentations from Mac, iPhone and iPad to an HDTV using Apple TV. And AirDrop lets you send important documents from any Apple device to another.
You can create customised iOS and macOS apps for your business using Swift, our open-source programming language. Apps that have the power to transform workflows, improve client relationships and boost your productivity.
GE created the Asset Performance Management app to help operators easily view alerts generated from predictive analytics. They can FaceTime subject matter experts and add images using the iPhone camera to help diagnose equipment issues faster than ever.
Burberry’s Digital Sales Associate app helps store associates provide more personalised customer service. They use it to fulfil orders, locate products in other stores and keep track of appointments and deliveries.
The Time Keeper One app by Capital One logs the number of hours team members spend on specific projects and tasks, making it easier for project managers to manage budgets and resources, and keep everything running smoothly.
Lufthansa’s Manage Gates app makes it easy for customer service agents to streamline the boarding process for travellers. Agents use the app to manage flight schedules, access passenger information and communicate with other agents.
Native apps are built specifically for Apple devices using the powerful iOS SDK. These apps take advantage of features people love to use — like 3D Touch, Siri, Messages and motion sensors — opening up a whole new world of ways you can work smarter and faster.
Swift is an open-source programming language created by Apple that makes writing code simple and intuitive. It gives developers the ability to create powerful apps for your business that run on all Apple platforms. Swift has already taken off in some of the most industry-changing companies, like Lyft and Slack. And developers like IBM are contributing to the open-source community to make Swift even more amazing on the server side.
There are over 230,000 apps on the App Store designed to make your business more powerful, capable and mobile.
Microsoft Word — part of the Microsoft Office 365 suite of apps — allows you to create, edit and share documents from your Apple devices.
Box lets you store data securely in the cloud and easily access files from your iPhone, iPad and Mac.
With Vizable, you can pinch, tap and swipe to explore data on the go, spot trends and share your insights.
With Adobe Illustrator Draw and Apple Pencil, you can create detailed artwork wherever you go and save it to the cloud.
AutoCAD 360 allows you to create, edit and share building plans and sketches from anywhere.
Shapr3D for iPad lets you sketch your designs with Apple Pencil and instantly see them in 3D.
With Slack, everyone on your team can easily share documents, communicate, collaborate and more using any device.
Cisco Spark, a collaboration app, directly integrates with iOS devices to create an experience that’s just like using the native calling capabilities of iPhone.
With the join.me app, teams can hold audio or video conferences and collaborate in real time with mobile whiteboards.
ServiceM8 enables businesses with staff members in the field to handle every aspect of the job, anywhere, from a mobile device.
Create, manage and share safety inspection data in real time using iAuditor.
DocuSign lets you easily and securely sign legally binding contracts using iPad and iPhone.
Salesforce1 combines your customer relationship management (CRM) apps, custom-built apps, Chatter and business processes into one seamless experience.
bigtincan hub for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch is a sales tool that lets you create, edit, share and collaborate.
IBM Expert Seller works with Box to give employees instant access to up-to-date product and service portfolios and other content they need to make the sale.
With ADP Mobile Solutions, employees and HR managers can update and approve time sheets, request time off, view payroll and more.
Concur lets you capture receipts, keep track of your itinerary and create expense reports while you’re travelling for business.
The Usher Security app replaces badges and passwords, allowing employees to use their iPhone or Apple Watch to securely log in to systems and open building doors.
The Volume Purchase Program (VPP) makes it easy to buy any app in volume, then distribute it from the App Store to every person in your company. And if employees leave, you can easily reassign their apps to new users.
You can work with developers to get existing apps customised for your specific business needs. They are distributed to your company privately through the VPP Store.